Joseph LEFEVER

1760-1826

LEFEVER, Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Strasburg Township, near Paradise, Lancaster County, Pa., April 3, 1760; attended the common schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected as a Republican to the Twelfth Congress (March 4, 1811-March 3, 1813); resumed his agricultural pursuits; died in Paradise Township, Lancaster County, Pa., October 17, 1826; interment in Carpenterâs Graveyard.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present